Paris – Roubaix 1914

Race result
winner	Charles Crupelandt	9h 02 '
2.	Louis Luguet	equal time
3.	Louis Mottiat	equal time
4th	Oscar Egg	equal time
5.	Jean Rossius	equal time
6th	Cyrille Van Hauwaert	equal time
7th	Pierre Van de Velde	equal time
8th.	Dieudonné Gauthy	oA
9.	Emile Aerts	oA
10.	Émile Georget	oA

Charles Crupelandt

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1914 was the 19th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 12th, 1914.

In fine weather, the race led from Suresnes over 274 kilometers. 153 racing drivers started, 79 of whom were able to place, but the time is only known of the first seven to reach the Velodrome roubaisien together . The winner Charles Crupelandt completed the race at an average speed of 30.30 km / h .

At this stage it took a long time for the peloton to fall apart. In Arras , after around 210 kilometers, there were still 50 drivers together, and ten kilometers from the finish, 21 drivers were still in front. Seven of them turned into the cycling track together, where local hero Crupelandt won the Paris-Roubaix race for the second time after 1912.

With Oscar Egg , the first Swiss placed in the top ten in the history of the race.

Web links

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References and comments

1. ↑ The times were rounded off in the official result lists.
2. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1914. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved May 31, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 1914 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .